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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 273.302: Effect of dissolution.

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  1. KRS Chapter 273

(1) A dissolved corporation shall continue its corporate existence but shall not carry on

any business except that appropriate to wind up and liquidate its business and

affairs, including:

(a) Collecting its assets;

(b) Disposing of its properties in accordance with KRS 273.303;

(c) Discharging or making provision for discharging its liabilities including, as

appropriate, entering into agreements with creditors for the satisfaction

thereof; and

(d) Doing every other act necessary to wind up and liquidate its bu siness and

affairs.

(2) Dissolution of a corporation shall not:

(a) Transfer title to the corporation's property;

(b) Subject its directors or officers to standards of conduct different from those

prescribed in KRS 273.161 to 273.390;

(c) Change quorum or voting requirements for its board of directors or members;

change provisions for selection, resignation, or removal of its directors or

officers or both; or change provisions for amending its bylaws;

(d) Prevent commencement of a proceeding by or against t he corporation in its

corporate name;

(e) Abate or suspend a proceeding pending by or against the corporation on the

effective date of dissolution;

(f) Terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation;

(g) Alter the obligations and respon sibilities of the corporation as prescribed by

applicable federal or state law with regard to the filing or examination of all

federal and state tax returns or the payment, assessment, or collection of any

federal or state tax due with respect to those returns; or

(h) Abate or suspend KRS 273.187(2).

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